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Adam Lenhardt · 02-22-2007, 11:19 PM

Caught the press screening tonight for Amazing Grace. It can be rather brute force filmmaking at times, but then again it's a rather brute force subject matter. It helped that I'd read Equiano's slave narrative a couple weeks ago, as he was a key character in the film.
Albert Finney has the most moving role, but it's Gambon that steals the film with all the knowing humor and whimsical eccentricity he generally fails to bring to Dumbledore. Ioan Gruffudd reminds us that he can, after all, act.

02-22-2007, 11:19 PM	#36 of 186
Adam Lenhardt Member Join Date: Feb 2001 Local Time: 05:58 AM Local Date: 10-11-2008 Posts: 8,604	Re: 2007 Film List Caught the press screening tonight for Amazing Grace. It can be rather brute force filmmaking at times, but then again it's a rather brute force subject matter. It helped that I'd read Equiano's slave narrative a couple weeks ago, as he was a key character in the film. Albert Finney has the most moving role, but it's Gambon that steals the film with all the knowing humor and whimsical eccentricity he generally fails to bring to Dumbledore. Ioan Gruffudd reminds us that he can, after all, act.